Bloody Buses!

This afternoon a Cityline bus rear ended our car, parked legally outside our home. According to a witness He got out, inspected the damage and drove off, leaving bits of our car and his bus all over the road.



You can see the light green debris at the bottom of the picture - the same colour as Lower Hutt buses.

Note that the rear wheel is at a very odd angle. The amount of damage - panels from the rear right down to the rear passenger door will need repair - and the fact that the car is old enough to vote probably mean it's a write-off.

The witness asked the bus driver if he'd hit the car, he said "No". But here's the collection of bus bodywork amongst the debris:



One person who saw the accident left their details, plus the registration of the bus.

The bus driver left the scene with bits of his bus and our car all over the road. If you drove down Waiwhetu Road and ended up with a puncture today it was the bus drivers fault!

When I rang the manager of the local bus depot, he wasn't aware of the accident (this was three hours later), promised to "look into it", and then call back later. Still haven't heard back!

So it looks like I'll be doing a lot of walking and cycling for the next week or so!

UPDATE: Managed to talk to someone more helpful at Cityline. They've given me the details of their insurer and I've made contact. The insurer is waiting on the paperwork from Cityline (which Cityline said to me they would send) and then we can get the car either repaired or a payout to replace.

In the meantime, we're having to re-organise our lives so that we can manage without the Toyota.